This as an addition to my website (www.strauli.co.uk), where I can reminisce and remind myself of some of the things about my career which might not be appropriate for the ‘official’ site. So many people have contacted me through the site in order to say ‘something nice’ that I have been delighted and humbled to be not only remembered at all, but remembered quite so fondly. Thanks to you all – and here’s hoping some of you will find bits of the following to be of interest:

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Tuesday, 20 November 2007

With all the new recent works by Stephen Poliakoff I was reminded of the fact that I met him almost thirty years ago for a possible part in his celebrated production of “Caught On A Train”. I remember a very pleasant meeting/audition with him and then, the next day, he phoned my Agent to say that I was his second choice and if his first choice wasn’t available then the part would be mine! I later found out his first choice was Michael Kitchen (with whom I’d shared a flat while we were students together at RADA) and he played the part beautifully. But what was fascinating was that when Mr Poliakoff was telling me about the play he told me that the lady would be played by Renée Asherson – the fact that it was ultimately actually played by Dame Peggy Ashcroft made me feel a whole lot better about being second choice too!!